Allen Spivy holds Tyheera, one of his foster children, as his wife Elaine looks on. The couple has fostered nearly 100 children over the years, most with special needs.

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Pamela Allen remembers her first Thanksgiving as part of a real family.

She climbed in a big truck with foster parents Allen and Elaine Spivy and their daughters, Renee and Dana, to head to Tennessee. Allen was the first of nearly 100 foster children who found sanctuary with the Bossier City couple.

"There was a camper on the back, and the three of us (girls) took turns sleeping in the back," Allen said. "I had never been out of Shreveport and Bossier City. I didn't know what it was like to go on trips until I was with the Spivys." ...